All Discussions Tagged 'of' - Atheist Nexus2018-05-24T18:09:18Zhttp://atheistnexus.org/group/atheistnews/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=of&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSignificant Progress in Europetag:atheistnexus.org,2012-11-28:2182797:Topic:21110152012-11-28T14:22:28.641ZPhilhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/Phil809
<p><a href="http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/20204377/dutch-to-scrap-blasphemy-law-on-insulting-god">http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/20204377/dutch-to-scrap-blasphemy-law-on-insulting-god</a> </p>
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<p>Finally, the legal defense of ghosts and magic is crumbling in Europe.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/20204377/dutch-to-scrap-blasphemy-law-on-insulting-god">http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/20204377/dutch-to-scrap-blasphemy-law-on-insulting-god</a> </p>
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<p>Finally, the legal defense of ghosts and magic is crumbling in Europe.</p> Airborne atheist 4th of July ads meet heavy resistancetag:atheistnexus.org,2011-07-01:2182797:Topic:13926912011-07-01T23:21:16.788ZHugh Kramerhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/HughKramer
<p>(July 1) As we <a href="http://www.examiner.com/atheism-in-los-angeles/atheist-banners-will-fly-this-4th-of-july"><u><font color="#0000FF"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">reported yesterday</span></font></u></a><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">, this 4th of July, the</span> <a href="http://atheists.org/"><u><font color="#0000FF"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">American Atheists</span></font></u></a> <span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">organization has hired airplanes to tow advertising banners in the…</span></p>
<p>(July 1) As we <a href="http://www.examiner.com/atheism-in-los-angeles/atheist-banners-will-fly-this-4th-of-july"><u><font color="#0000FF"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">reported yesterday</span></font></u></a><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">, this 4th of July, the</span> <a href="http://atheists.org/"><u><font color="#0000FF"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">American Atheists</span></font></u></a> <span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">organization has hired airplanes to tow advertising banners in the skies of 27 states (including California) to let people know that atheists are patriots too. But why only 27 states and not all 50? Well, it wasn't from lack of <i>trying</i>.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.examiner.com/atheism-in-los-angeles/airborne-atheist-4th-of-july-ad-campaign-meets-heavy-resistance">More here.</a></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN"> </span></p> A Small Decrease in Creationismtag:atheistnexus.org,2010-12-20:2182797:Topic:10598432010-12-20T23:17:49.832ZT Andrew Klatthttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/TAndrewKlatt
<p>Wow! According to Gallup 40% of Americans still have strict Creationist beliefs. While this number is down over recent years, 40% is still a lot of willful ignorance. Frank Newport, Editor in Chief of Gallup, interprets this to mean that overall beliefs in the origin of humanity et. al. is the same as it was back in the 1980's</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.scienceandreligiontoday.com/2010/12/20/40-percent-of-americans-still-believe-in-creationism/" target="_self">40% of Americans still…</a></p>
<p>Wow! According to Gallup 40% of Americans still have strict Creationist beliefs. While this number is down over recent years, 40% is still a lot of willful ignorance. Frank Newport, Editor in Chief of Gallup, interprets this to mean that overall beliefs in the origin of humanity et. al. is the same as it was back in the 1980's</p>
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<p><a target="_self" href="http://www.scienceandreligiontoday.com/2010/12/20/40-percent-of-americans-still-believe-in-creationism/">40% of Americans still hold strict Creationist beliefs</a></p>
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/26/doctors-religious-beliefs-terminally-ill">Article in The Guardian.</a><div><br></br></div>
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<i>Terminally-ill patients would be well advised to find out the religious beliefs of their doctor, according to research showing the effect of faith on a doctor's willingness to make decisions that could hasten death.<br></br><br></br>
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Doctors who are atheist or agnostic are twice as likely to take decisions that might shorten…</i>
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<i>Terminally-ill patients would be well advised to find out the religious beliefs of their doctor, according to research showing the effect of faith on a doctor's willingness to make decisions that could hasten death.<br/><br/>
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Doctors who are atheist or agnostic are twice as likely to take decisions that might shorten the life of somebody who is terminally ill as doctors who are deeply religious – and doctors with strong religious convictions are less likely even to discuss such decisions with the patient, according to Professor Clive Seale, from the centre for health sciences at Barts and the London school of medicine and dentistry.</i><br/><br/>
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Wow, way to take a story about end-of-life care and spin it as hard as one possibly can in favor of the religious. Wonder if they took a cue from the pull-the-plug-on-grandma/death-panels crowd here in the States? Obama endorses rights of Muslims to build Ground Zero community centertag:atheistnexus.org,2010-08-14:2182797:Topic:9440242010-08-14T03:47:14.653ZJo Jeromehttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/MaryWood
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/us/politics/14obama.html?_r=1">New York Times Article - hopefully it stays active (they don't always).</a><div><br></br></div>
<div><i>“This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country, and will not be treated differently by their government, is essential to who we are.”</i></div>
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<div>The president of the United States, enthusiastically…</div>
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<div><i>“This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country, and will not be treated differently by their government, is essential to who we are.”</i></div>
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<div>The president of the United States, enthusiastically upholding the very first sentence of the very first amendment of our Bill of Rights? Imagine that!</div>
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<div>I for one give Obama a standing ovation. While I'm certainly not a fan of religion, and especially the gruesome, mutant, evil twins that are Islam and Christianity, in lieu of a secular planet, I for one am quite glad that 99.9% of the 1 billion Muslims on Earth are practicing the non-terrorism flavor of their faith. If it was a Christian fringe group that took down the World Trade Center, I'm betting the happy-fluffy-Jesus crowd would be stumbling over themselves to build a church at Ground Zero as a way of saying "Our faith is normally way more peaceful than that, really." (And as a way to prey on the grief of the victims' families, but that's another discussion).</div>
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<div>Just like my support of freedom of speech means supporting the rights of assholes to say offensive crap, I may not like the religion but so long as they aren't actively breaking any laws, I fully support their right to practice it.</div>
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<div>Meanwhile, a black, Democratic president with a funny, Muslim-sounding name, daring to say publicly that the Constitution applies to everyone, not just Conservative Christians?!?</div>
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<div>Cue the Rightwing outrage in 3...2...1...</div>
<br/> Theory of Relativity is a liberal conspiracy to make you stop reading the bibletag:atheistnexus.org,2010-08-10:2182797:Topic:9397082010-08-10T03:40:54.967ZJo Jeromehttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/MaryWood
<a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/08/conservapedia_founder_takes_on_the_notorious_liber.php">If only I were making this up.</a><div><br></br></div>
<div>Andy Schlafly, son of famed self-loathing-for-having-been-born-with-a-vagina conservative fundie Phyllis Schlafly, founded "Conservapedia;" aimed at correcting all the liberal bias in reality. Including such pinko-commie-liberal writings as the holy bible, which they are re-writing to get rid of the liberal bias. Seriously,…</div>
<a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/08/conservapedia_founder_takes_on_the_notorious_liber.php">If only I were making this up.</a><div><br/></div>
<div>Andy Schlafly, son of famed self-loathing-for-having-been-born-with-a-vagina conservative fundie Phyllis Schlafly, founded "Conservapedia;" aimed at correcting all the liberal bias in reality. Including such pinko-commie-liberal writings as the holy bible, which they are re-writing to get rid of the liberal bias. Seriously, I'm not making that one up either. But I digress.</div>
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<div>Among the liberal evils Schlafly is seeking to rid his little corner of the world of; Einstein's theory of relativity. Which is totally anti-bible and according to him, if you learn about and believe the theory, it automatically makes you not believe in the bible. </div>
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<div>I facepalmed so hard I knocked myself unconscious for a while. Then came to just long enough to post this. </div> House Republicans Trade Biblical Jabs Over Immigration Policytag:atheistnexus.org,2010-07-16:2182797:Topic:9116972010-07-16T14:30:05.332ZThe Big Blue Froghttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/TheBigBlueFrog
<p><a href="http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0715/house-debates-bible-relates-immigration/" target="_blank">The Raw Story reports that</a> Richard Land, of the Southern Baptist Convention (for the time being) testified before the House Judiciary Committee July 14th, quoting Matthew 25:34-40, Leviticus 19:34, Hebrews 13:2 &amp; Micah 6:8 in support of immigration reform. According to the John Grooms of…</p>
<p><a href="http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0715/house-debates-bible-relates-immigration/" target="_blank">The Raw Story reports that</a> Richard Land, of the Southern Baptist Convention (for the time being) testified before the House Judiciary Committee July 14th, quoting Matthew 25:34-40, Leviticus 19:34, Hebrews 13:2 &amp; Micah 6:8 in support of immigration reform. According to the John Grooms of <a href="http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/theclog/2010/07/15/immigration-law-to-be-determined-by-bible-verses/">The Clog</a> blog, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) countered with a quote from Romans.</p> Calif. Community College Imposing Religiontag:atheistnexus.org,2010-07-14:2182797:Topic:9081492010-07-14T01:37:26.646ZSandyhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/Sandy30
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; xg-p: static; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; line-height: 1.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><i>Americans United for Separation of Church and State has asked a federal appeals court to stop a Southern California community…</i></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; xg-p: static; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; line-height: 1.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><i>Americans United for Separation of Church and State has asked a federal appeals court to stop a Southern California community college from proselytizing and imposing prayers at public events.</i></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; xg-p: static; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; line-height: 1.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><i>,,, </i><i>Plaintiffs assert that school officials routinely sponsor official invocations at events for students and faculty at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, including scholarship-award ceremonies, commencements and training programs for faculty.</i></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; xg-p: static; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; line-height: 1.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><i>... </i><i>The </i><em style="font-weight: inherit; xg-p: static;">Westphal v. Wagner</em><i> lawsuit notes that students and faculty members have protested the mandatory prayers many times over several years. The student government of Saddleback College has twice passed resolutions opposing the prayer practice, and similar resolutions have been passed by the faculty’s Academic Senate of Saddleback College, the Academic Senate of Irvine Valley College, the statewide Academic Senate for California Community Colleges and the South Orange County Community College District Faculty Association.</i></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; xg-p: static; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; line-height: 1.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><i>In August of 2009, Saddleback officials showed a video titled “God Bless the USA” during a faculty training session. The video included religious images and closed with two pictures of military personnel carrying a flag-draped coffin. Superimposed on those images was the following text: “Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you. Jesus Christ and the American G.I. One died for your soul, the other died for your freedom.”</i></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; xg-p: static; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; line-height: 1.2em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><i>Making matters worse, attendance at some of these events is mandatory. For example, students who are awarded scholarships must attend a public ceremony or forfeit the financial aid.</i></span></p>
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McKENZIE, Ala. — "If it weren't for Jesus Christ, we would have all blown up," McKenzie Police Chief Clint Reaves told the Andalusia Star-News.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2010/07/08/policeman-we-could-have-all-blown-up/">http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2010/07/08/policeman-we-could-have-all-blown-up/</a><br/>
McKENZIE, Ala. — "If it weren't for Jesus Christ, we would have all blown up," McKenzie Police Chief Clint Reaves told the Andalusia Star-News.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2010/07/08/policeman-we-could-have-all-blown-up/">http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2010/07/08/policeman-we-could-have-all-blown-up/</a><br/> C. S. Lewis and the Moral Argument for the Existence of Godtag:atheistnexus.org,2010-06-01:2182797:Topic:8436952010-06-01T17:53:12.086ZSoulf2http://atheistnexus.org/profile/Soulf2
<a href="http://www.everydaychristian.com/blogs/post/7297/">C. S. Lewis and the Moral Argument for the Existence of God</a><div><br/></div>
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